This colorful consist included a Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety DOTX track measurement car, which was working on the Joint Line in Monument, Colorado.

The Pueblo Museum, which is at the old historic Pueblo Depot, has a great collection of engines and rolling stock. DOT 001 is a U30C that wears the colors of the Department of Transportation.

"Feds in the Fog"

On the morning of April 1st, 2022, the Federal Railroad Administration's former Metroliner DOTX 216 inspection railcar sits alone in thick fog on track 6... (more)

Metrolink ran a test train utilizing DOTX 216 test car and then parked the former Budd Metroliner on an escape track at LAUS for pickup. Metroliner cars are not foreign to LAUS as they were used a... (more)

DOT #203 pulls a special train around the 13.5 mile Railroad Test Track Loop at the Transportation Technology Center near Pueblo, CO.

Department of Transportation U30C 001 was built by General Electric in June 1971. At one time, this locomotive wore a red and white scheme, and it spent years assigned to the United States’ Dep... (more)

Department of Transportation U30C 001 was built by General Electric in June 1971. At one time, this locomotive wore a red and white scheme, and it spent years assigned to the United States’ Dep... (more)

The Pueblo Railway Museum in Colorado is home to a former Department of Transportation GE U30C that is sitting on display next to a Colorado & Wyoming Railroad caboose used as a locomotive simulat... (more)

Built in 1976 for the Department of Transportation, DOT U30C 001 spent it's career at the DOT's test facility east of Pueblo, Colorado. After retirement the unit was donated and now stands in down... (more)

The California Zephyr arrives in Denver and passes through the BNSF's engine servicing yard. An interesting visitor spotted in the yard is DOTX 221, a passenger car built in 1954 and now serving ... (more)

I was lucky enough to get a guided tour around the test facility, this train was going around and around the test track and is photographed here while the engineer had his lunch break. The loco is... (more)

DOTX 2000 leads the Coldwater - Montpelier turn as they run south through Angola Indiana with a rather short train in tow. This unit has always interested me due to its unique paint scheme with a ... (more)

WOW - what a lot to see today in the BNSF Engine Servicing Facility yard in Denver. Aside from a couple visiting Norfolk Southern units and a couple BNSF Heritage I units, there were two Federal ... (more)

There is a small but interesting train museum adjacent to the Pueblo Union Depot train station, including these two unique pieces. DOT 001 is a U30C that used to be used on the Department of Tran... (more)